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Iain Wright
Labour MP for Hartlepool
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families (since 10 Jun 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 30 September 2004 — Byelection
- Majority: 7,478 votes. — 260th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Iain Wright voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, Trade and Industry, Education and Skills, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Railways, Recycling, Health Expenditure, Police, Northern Way
(based on written questions asked by Iain Wright and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
- Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
- Education Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Gambling Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Sports: Finance (8 Feb 2010)
“As part of the PE and Sport Strategy for Young People, the Department's spend on coaching over the last three years has been as follows: £ 2007-08 3,992,000 2008-09 7,175,000 2009-10 9,196,500 This funding was paid to School Sport Partnerships who used it to employ sports coaches at a local level to help deliver high quality coaching provision in schools.”
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Students: Finance (4 Feb 2010)
“There is a range of support available to provide assistance with child care costs depending on the circumstances of the parent. Since 2004/05 support for child care costs for learners under 19 at the beginning of their programme of learning has been available through the Care to Learn child care support scheme. Care to Learn was extended to include learners under 20 in April 2006. In the...”
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Vocational Education: South West (4 Feb 2010)
“Tables showing the number of 16-year-olds in each parliamentary constituency in the south-west who completed a BTEC First Diploma in each subject in each of the last five years for which information is available will be placed in the House of Commons Libraries.”
More of Iain Wright's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 87% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 18 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 75 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Iain Wright speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 360 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £15,418 (422nd) | £17,882 (441st) | £18,780 (429th) | £20,493 | £7,116 (591st) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £13,968 (472nd) | £20,221 (230th) | £17,711 (484th) | £18,059 | £13,108 (552nd) | |||
| Staffing costs | £90,191 (442nd) | £84,844 (420th) | £84,503 (311th) | £68,325 | £25,956 (658th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | £6,430 (427th) | £644 (585th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,595 (354th)3 | £14,515 (85th)2 | £8,971 (274th)1 | £12,726 | £8,565 (395th) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £163 (304th) | £748 (140th) | £299 (277th) | £0 | £0 | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,527 (318th) | £884 (271st) | £5,916 (11th) | £1,745 | £1,553 (164th) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,794 (414th) | £19,494 (8th) | £2,606 | £5,149 (135th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,316 (joint 163rd with 2 others) | £1,301 (43rd) | £889 | £55 (654th) | ||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £136,293 (493rd) | £142,848 (382nd) | £156,975 (37th) | £124,843 | £61,502 (658th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,796 (232nd). Rail £10,719 (33rd).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,880 (199th). Rail £2,715 (301st).